Fund Raising Shenanigans

I don't want to come off as a scrooge.  I do donate to a handful of causes regularly and I will donate when I come across a worthy cause at random.  But, it seems like every time I turn around someone else is asking me to support their cause with a financial contribution.  Every time I turn around, someone's trying to get in my wallet.  

Facebook friends with birthdays are in on it, too, now.  Instead of a gift, they post a link for a charity they'd like to raise $ for.  Um...wasn't getting ya squat, so you want me to click on the link and to donate zero dineros? We're FB friends, not real friends, get over yourself.  

I can't go to the grocery store any more without there being a pop up charity stand.  Help us raise $ for a field trip, help us get to Coopersville, help us keep the Girl Scouts alive & thriving, help our ball club buy new equipment.  Um...I don't have kids for a reason, what makes you think I want your kid burning through my pocket change?  I need that $ for Taco Bell.  

GoFundMe pages are sometimes for great causes, but sometimes they're not.  Look, stop sending me notifications time's running out to donate.  Um...I saw your page, read about your cause, then went back to living my life.  What I'm saying here is it was a deliberate dismissal!

Now let me see a commercial where Sarah McLaughlin is singing about neglected animals and I'm on the ASPCA page clicking the link to donate.  But I'm not just gonna donate to every cause because you asked me to.  I'm going to donate to the causes that resonate with me, that make sense to me and when I can.  So, all ya little rascals can stop barricading the entrance to Publix, cause I don't care if you get new equipment for your ball club.  But, bathroom attendant, I will leave you a dollar because I quite like a tidy ladies room.